by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
World?s Richest Dozen Includes Walton Family
Members of the Walton family of Bentonville individually, ranked Nos. 7-11 with $16.5 billion each on Forbes’ annual list.
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by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Four Northwest Arkansas Firms win Family Friendly Employer Awards
DaySpring Cards of Siloam Springs, a manufacturer of inspirational greeting cards, took the gold for medium employers at the first Arkansas Governor?s Family Friendly Employer Awards in Little Rock.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Rounds Of Golf Played in Central Arkansas Dip
Since 2000, the number of rounds of golf played at War Memorial Golf Course has dropped by 30 percent.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
It All Adds Up to Meza Once Again
As sure as there are going to be beads at Mardi Gras and cheese heads at a Green Bay game, so is Meza Harris at the top of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal?s annual real estate agents list.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Penny Stock Blunders Its Way To First-Ever Profit
Capitol Communities Corp., now of Boca Raton, Fla., ended its fiscal year in 2002 with something never seen in its eight-year history as a public company: a profit.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
St. Valery Downs Won?t Horse Around With Quality of Living
St. Valery Downs is a 120-acre, upscale equestrian community with 81 lots in its first phase and 25 more to come.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Canadian Timbers Frame Posh Cabin
Jane Garrison and Ron Bumpass’ big cedar home in Fayetteville was inspired by her love of tree houses.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Eliminating Mold Can Be Costly, In-Spore-Ational
Tiny mold spores float continuously through the air, indoors and out, but when they begin to thrive in a damp indoor area, they can wreak havoc on the health of those breathing in their contaminants.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Lover?s Lane, Canterbury Remain Among Area?s Nicest Neighborhoods
Arkansas Highway 265 was still a dirt road in 1968 when bankers Ellis Burgin, Hayden McIlroy and others decided to head to east Fayetteville to develop an upscale subdivision.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
UA Table-Grape Program Lands Two More Patents
Two new seedless table grapes, named Jupiter and Neptune, are intended to give Arkansas growers a hearty, marketable new fruit option.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Firm Handles Conflict Management
A mediation consultant and a wedding design company have opened shop locally.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Petra Caf? gets Three and a Half Stars (Business Lunch)
We thought Petra Caf? was a great place for a change of pace in downtown Fayetteville. The food is inexpensive, healthy and exotic, all at the same time.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Ruby Tuesday Chooses Fayetteville
Ruby Tuesday Inc. plans to build a 4,600-SF restaurant in Krushiker Addition, and Famous Dave?s Bar-B-Que plans to open a restaurant in Rogers? Scottsdale Center by mid-June.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Tyson Acquitted on All Charges
Tyson Foods Inc. and three of its managers on March 26 were acquitted by a federal court jury in Chattanooga, Tenn., of conspiring to smuggle illegal immigrants to work at its poultry plants.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
First Federal Pays Dividend in March
First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas Inc., the Harrison unitary savings and loan company, declared in February that it would pay a 16-cent dividend payable March 25.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Britain Holds Up Wal-Mart, Other Safeway Bidders
Great Britain threw cold water on a bidding war for the country’s fourth-biggest supermarket chain Safeway Plc on March 19, ordering all but one of the five bidders to undergo a competition inquiry.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
P.A.M. Reports Net Income Spike
P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. on March 13 reported net income of $16.59 million, or diluted earnings per share of $1.55, for the year that ended Dec. 31, 2002, a 64.8 percent increase from its 2001 net income.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Triad CFO Heads for Conflict in Iraq
The chief financial officer for Dallas-based Triad Hospitals Inc. has been recalled to temporary active duty with the United States Marine Corps.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Hunt Execs Take Home Bucks
The five executive officers at J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell each received bonuses of more than $100,000 for the 2002 fiscal year.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Stephens Media Buys La Prensa
Stephens Media Group of Little Rock bought Springdale?s La Prensa Del Noroeste de Arkansas (?The Press of Northwest Arkansas?) from Eddie Vega on March 17.